D'Avenant had rejected the marvellous from his poem — that is, the machinery of the epic : he had resolved to compose a tale of human beings for men. ' ' This was," says Blackwall, another of the classical flock, "like lopping off a man's limb, and... An Enquiry Into the Life and Writings of Homer - Strona 153autor: Thomas Blackwell - 1757 - Liczba stron: 346Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - Liczba stron: 366
...ingenious country* man, to write an epic poem without mixing afle" gory> or allowing the fmalleft f.ftion throughout <' 'the compofure. It was like lopping...races ; " tho' it muft be owned that the performance fhevvf, " with what ability he could have acquitted him" felf, had he been found and entire." Such... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - Liczba stron: 528
...compose a tale of human beings for men. " This was," says Blackwall, another of the classical flock, " like lopping off a man's limb, and then putting him upon running races." Our formal critics are quite lively in their dulness on our " adventurer." But poets, in the crisis... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - Liczba stron: 572
...compose a tale of human beings for men. ' ' This was," says Blackwall, another of the classical flock, "like lopping off a man's limb, and then putting him upon running races." Our formal critics are quite lively in their dulness on our " adventurer." But poets, in the crisis... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1865 - Liczba stron: 570
...compose a tale of human beings for men. "This was," says Blackwall, another of the classical flock, "like lopping off a man's limb, and then putting him upon running races." Our formal critics are quite lively in their dulness on our " adventurer." But poets, in the crisis... | |
| ISAAC DISRAELI - 1865 - Liczba stron: 566
...compose a tale of human beings for men. "This was," says Blackwall, another of the classical flock, "like lopping off a man's limb, and then putting him upon running races." Our formal critics are quite lively in their dulness on our "adventurer." But poets, in the crisis... | |
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